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president obama promised he would do this in his first year. he did not. the worry is we go at this again and it doesn't work. the president gets all the political points. the republicans get all the political blame. a political victory but not a strategic victory for the country. we need to make this a national purpose of policy and not an exercise in politics. i hope we'll keep our eye on that. that is going to be the big challenge. host: we have an idea from jbc. al in rhode island, hi, al. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. the american people want immigration but they want legal immigration. we do not one no favoritism for anybody. you talk about language. the chinese came here. it is not right. this president is so far off the ball. we will bring 11 million more people into this country when we don't put those people to work first? i did not think that is right. we have other problems that are more important. we're flooding this country with unskilled workers. guest: the only reason on skilled workers come to this country is because there is
president obama promised he would do this in his first year. he did not. the worry is we go at this again and it doesn't work. the president gets all the political points. the republicans get all the political blame. a political victory but not a strategic victory for the country. we need to make this a national purpose of policy and not an exercise in politics. i hope we'll keep our eye on that. that is going to be the big challenge. host: we have an idea from jbc. al in rhode island, hi, al....
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so the first step we should take today is to delay the obama mandate and put people over politics. there's a lot of work ahead to deliver real health care reform. we need to bring down the cost of health care, not raise it. we need to put patients in control of their health care decisions, not washington bureaucrats. and we need to increase competition before medical malpractice and allow people to buy insurance across state lines, create risk pools and a number of other initiatives that have been put forward here that would make it an affordable health care reform. and not the unaffordable, overpromised, underdelivered health care plan that the american people are now having to deal with. delaying the individual mandate will give the american people an opportunity to voice their displeasure over this false information by the president and the chance to start over with a real, honest approach to health care reform. it's time to start now. mr. president, with that, i yield the floor. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the rol
so the first step we should take today is to delay the obama mandate and put people over politics. there's a lot of work ahead to deliver real health care reform. we need to bring down the cost of health care, not raise it. we need to put patients in control of their health care decisions, not washington bureaucrats. and we need to increase competition before medical malpractice and allow people to buy insurance across state lines, create risk pools and a number of other initiatives that have...
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there's no political ideology that finds this cruel loss of life acceptable. i was incredibly pleased to see president obama include as part of his comprehensive plan to prevent gun violence a bill that i first introduced in 2009 with mayor bloomberg a commissioner kelly called "the gun trafficking prevention act," which would be the first federal law to define gun trafficking as a federal crime and event scofers illegal gunsrom being -- scores of illegal guns from being moved into the hands of criminals. we have thousands of laws but effectively none of them are directly focused on preventing someone from driving from one state to another state with a load of guns in the back of a truck that they can sell directly to criminals. it's shocking to me as a mother. it's shocking to me as a lawmaker. but this is something we can actually fix. over the past three years, more than 33,000 guns used in violent crimes showed telltale signs of black market trafficking. 420,000 firearms were stolen and thousands of guns with obliterated serial numbers were uncovered by la
there's no political ideology that finds this cruel loss of life acceptable. i was incredibly pleased to see president obama include as part of his comprehensive plan to prevent gun violence a bill that i first introduced in 2009 with mayor bloomberg a commissioner kelly called "the gun trafficking prevention act," which would be the first federal law to define gun trafficking as a federal crime and event scofers illegal gunsrom being -- scores of illegal guns from being moved into...
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the work of committed leaders and passionate advocates in the room and are partners throughout the obama administration and country, and patriots and friends, i am confident the months ahead will be marked by deeper engagement from advocates across the political spectrum. i am eager to see which -- where each of you will help to lead as premier. i am optimistic about the dialogue we will build in country and future will -- we will create together. thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> thursday, former president george bush dedicate his presidential library and museum. the 13th presidential library was built on the campus of southern methodist university in dallas, texas. in an interview conducted earlier this month in dallas, george and cora talk about the design and desk -- design and construction of the library, decisions made in the white house, and an upcoming event of the bush institute. this is half an hour. >> mr. president, mrs. bush, thank you for being with us. let'
the work of committed leaders and passionate advocates in the room and are partners throughout the obama administration and country, and patriots and friends, i am confident the months ahead will be marked by deeper engagement from advocates across the political spectrum. i am eager to see which -- where each of you will help to lead as premier. i am optimistic about the dialogue we will build in country and future will -- we will create together. thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning...
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to shut down because they believe they have partisan political advantage to gain because of the shut down. the american people are smarter the that and they realize house and over four different proposals involving obamacare only to be met with the answer, obama care is the law of the land and you cannot touch it. true.w that is not exemptions, waivers, and delays. night, the majority leader off theis own members plank when he had them vote against a special carveout provision for members of congress. the mm people -- the american people understand that the laws are supposed to apply to all of us. we would like to protect the whole of american people from this monstrosity known as obamacare. democratse senate have done is take their ball and gone home. period.not negotiate message been the consistently. house republicans have sent proposals over here. at every turn, the answer has been no. i do not think the american people see that as a reasonable proposition. most americans are wondering if the president is willing to make special obamacare deals for everybody else. he has made spe
to shut down because they believe they have partisan political advantage to gain because of the shut down. the american people are smarter the that and they realize house and over four different proposals involving obamacare only to be met with the answer, obama care is the law of the land and you cannot touch it. true.w that is not exemptions, waivers, and delays. night, the majority leader off theis own members plank when he had them vote against a special carveout provision for members of...
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tot, senior adviser president obama talks about her role in the white house and about women in politics. she spoke with linda douglass of atlantic media. this is 55 minutes. .> thank you, elizabeth thank you very much and all of you for being here. thank you, valerie. i will take you a couple of things about her before we get started. full disclosure, we used to work together on the first obama presidential campaign. heri get the chance to ask all those questions that i always wanted to ask. [laughter] is a senior adviser to president obama. she oversees the white house office of public engagement, an important office to the president. also the head of the council on women and girls. she was the senior official in many capacities in the city of chicago and was the chief executive officer of the habitat company. she is a lawyer and has practice in a couple of law firms. she has gone from law to private business and now to the very top position, one of the very top positions in the white house. one of the most senior roles ever played by any woman in the white house. let's start there wit
tot, senior adviser president obama talks about her role in the white house and about women in politics. she spoke with linda douglass of atlantic media. this is 55 minutes. .> thank you, elizabeth thank you very much and all of you for being here. thank you, valerie. i will take you a couple of things about her before we get started. full disclosure, we used to work together on the first obama presidential campaign. heri get the chance to ask all those questions that i always wanted to ask....
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this is our president barack obama. he has given so much of choice for me and my children and my grandchildren over a period of year and all what we see is nothing but abinstruction just for politics by this so-called mitch mcconnell and all these republicans and people stop it. if they truly love this nation and love their grandchildren let them go forward instead of having them live on the inherited money. earn the living, be competitive in the world and go forward. this is what it is going on. what i heard today is from this other two, the marco rubio and the other guy and both are usually nothing but obstruction. they did not listen carefully what president obama is trying to say. further more, he did not talk about deficits? this is such a pure nonsense because job creation, when the job is going to be created, all it is going -- it has a rippling effect on the economy and it will be reduce the deficit. all these keeping of the surge and everything in place, keeping this nation far ahead of everyone in the world, t
this is our president barack obama. he has given so much of choice for me and my children and my grandchildren over a period of year and all what we see is nothing but abinstruction just for politics by this so-called mitch mcconnell and all these republicans and people stop it. if they truly love this nation and love their grandchildren let them go forward instead of having them live on the inherited money. earn the living, be competitive in the world and go forward. this is what it is going...
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was mediated through his political advisers. everything that was done was and is -- what will republicans do about this? what will the media say? what are the domestic political consequences? he did not act as commander-in- chief. he acted as head of his political party. the dirty little secret is they decided to cut their losses and to contain the violence and have people on standby ready to go but not sacrifice for the u.s. personnel or assets in case there were more firepower on the ground and they knew about and stood down for that reason. that is the secret. [applause] >> i will be boring on discussion. i never speculate about something i am not sure of in public. the media has covered benghazi as if it was one continuous attack. the first attack occurred on the consulate. it was quick. there was no opportunity that military could get there in time short of launching cruise missiles, which you would not do. within four hours, a more sophisticated attack with mortars and rpg's that were destructive. the navy seals -- get the
was mediated through his political advisers. everything that was done was and is -- what will republicans do about this? what will the media say? what are the domestic political consequences? he did not act as commander-in- chief. he acted as head of his political party. the dirty little secret is they decided to cut their losses and to contain the violence and have people on standby ready to go but not sacrifice for the u.s. personnel or assets in case there were more firepower on the ground...
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tois everybody's right participate in politics. and you should. but i think having organizations are rating as -- parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in political combat harkens back to why the statute 100 years ago said they .ould prohibit whol i wholeheartedly agree with my colleague mr. docket. we ought to stop this regulation interpretation from 1959 that invites people to raise vast sums of money and keep it secret and engage in political activity -- some of it, not necessarily promoting the social welfare of our country. everybody ought to play by the same rules. we ought to go back to the original intent. we ought to eliminate inortunities for bureaucrats the internal revenue service, making these judgments about whether it is primarily social welfare or not. it should not be involved in politics at all. until we do our job as a committee to reinstate the original intent that we overrule that regulation, we will not be doing our job completely. root out the problems. find out who leaked confidential inform
tois everybody's right participate in politics. and you should. but i think having organizations are rating as -- parading as being social welfare organizations and then being involved in political combat harkens back to why the statute 100 years ago said they .ould prohibit whol i wholeheartedly agree with my colleague mr. docket. we ought to stop this regulation interpretation from 1959 that invites people to raise vast sums of money and keep it secret and engage in political activity -- some...
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this is not about opposition, his is about political obstruction. >> president obama announced three new nominations. what are senate republicans saying? >> they haven't had a chance to get to know these nominees yet because it was kept pretty secret until yesterday. they don't know these nominations are necessary at all because they are arguing that the courts these nominations are for the court of appeals for the district of columbia have enough judges and not enough work. so i that are questioning why the president is making these picks to begin with. >> what can you tell us about these nominees? >> one is respected, one a federal judge here in the district of columbia and was confirmed in the senate, unanimously. another is a law professor in georgetown university and the thirds is a very experienced attorney who has argued before the supreme court more than 30 times. so there's no question they are experienced and probably have the background for this kind of job. >> back to the process itself. what is your take on the democrats allegations that republicans are slow walking, not
this is not about opposition, his is about political obstruction. >> president obama announced three new nominations. what are senate republicans saying? >> they haven't had a chance to get to know these nominees yet because it was kept pretty secret until yesterday. they don't know these nominations are necessary at all because they are arguing that the courts these nominations are for the court of appeals for the district of columbia have enough judges and not enough work. so i...
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people forming an opinion of romney and obama and so on. fox news does not reach most of those people. it gets great ratings. has a loyal audience. but look at the shows. the bill o'reilly show is the most popular on cable news. it gets 3 million people a night. that is not the electorate. we have a big country. the conservative media only reaches a tiny chunk of it. >> more sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the senate judiciary committee approved a ban on assault weapons. the proposal bands 157 different models of assault weapons and magazines containing more than 10 bullets. the measure now goes to the full senate. >> people on their way here, [indiscernible] others are on their way. we will have the appropriations bill on the floor. last week, we had a bipartisan vote for illegal trafficking and firearms. we had another bipartisan vote for the safety and nachman act. -- enactment act. we have three of the four. they are required to enhance the safety of our children in schools and close loopholes in the background check system.
people forming an opinion of romney and obama and so on. fox news does not reach most of those people. it gets great ratings. has a loyal audience. but look at the shows. the bill o'reilly show is the most popular on cable news. it gets 3 million people a night. that is not the electorate. we have a big country. the conservative media only reaches a tiny chunk of it. >> more sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the senate judiciary committee approved a ban on...
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political reporter on the latest insertional stories. white house correspondent rachel rose hartman talks about the obama administration's second term in the direction it could take in the final three and a half years. plus your e-mails, phone calls and tweets. washington journalist live 7:00 a.m. eastern on the span. >> the public fascination with frances cleveland extends to her close. she was a real fashion icon. women emulate her hairstyle, her clothing. she popularized everything she had ended. this is a dress from the second administration. this is the most right piece of all because this is the inaugural gown. this was her down from 1893. stated her family and became the family wedding dress. this was used by her granddaughters. 'sen frances cleveland everyday" very stylish. a lot of them look like something to wear now. this is a jacket. black with this beautiful purple blue velvet. this is a more evening appropriate piece. a matching skirt. you can see the beautiful lace in sequence. slightly more ornate. this would have a match
political reporter on the latest insertional stories. white house correspondent rachel rose hartman talks about the obama administration's second term in the direction it could take in the final three and a half years. plus your e-mails, phone calls and tweets. washington journalist live 7:00 a.m. eastern on the span. >> the public fascination with frances cleveland extends to her close. she was a real fashion icon. women emulate her hairstyle, her clothing. she popularized everything she...
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. >> a political primer on libertarianism. what you may not know, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> thursday, president obama named white house chief of staff lew, and if confirmed, he would take over the treasury department before the white house and congress debates the raising of the $16.40 trillion debt ceiling. this is 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by timothy geithner and jacob lew. >> a little more than four years ago i stood with mr. tim geithner, the first nominee to my cabinet. we were two months into the financial crisis. the stock market had cratered. bank after bank was on the verge of collapse. worst of all, more than 800,000 americans would lose their jobs in just that month. at the bottom was probably not yet in sight. i could not blame tim when he told me he was not the right guy for the job. [laughter] but on news that tim's extensive -- but i knew that experience with economic policy made him eminently qualified and i knew he could hit the ground running. as chairman of the federal reserve
. >> a political primer on libertarianism. what you may not know, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> thursday, president obama named white house chief of staff lew, and if confirmed, he would take over the treasury department before the white house and congress debates the raising of the $16.40 trillion debt ceiling. this is 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by timothy geithner and jacob lew....
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i know we'll take an act of political courage for many members of congress to support an assault weapons ban of 2013 but the time for courage is now. how many more children, how many more police officers do we have to lose for our elected representatives to do the right thing? please take action now in the interest of the most important special interest groups in america, all of american. >> thank you very much. it is very much appreciated. i would like to, did you treat sandy hook victims? >> yes. i was in the e.r. that day when the victims came in. >> can you describe the kinds of wounds and the number of bullets in these small bodies? >> there's privacy rules in hippa that prevent me from detailing the type of wounds. but most of the victims didn't come in when you have such horrific injuries to little bodies, they don't make it to the hospital. the coroner from the state of connecticut, he stated that each body had three-11 bullets. when a child has three-111 bullets and it is an assault-type bullet and it does not go in a straight line, it goes through and it opens up. that is not a
i know we'll take an act of political courage for many members of congress to support an assault weapons ban of 2013 but the time for courage is now. how many more children, how many more police officers do we have to lose for our elected representatives to do the right thing? please take action now in the interest of the most important special interest groups in america, all of american. >> thank you very much. it is very much appreciated. i would like to, did you treat sandy hook...
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may 2, president obama traveled to mexico to meet with the new president. the president's reaffirmed their commitment to improving the lives of all citizens and working with mutual respect and responsibility across a broad range of issues. president obama emphasized our co-responsibility for the violence associated with the illicit flows of drugs, guns, and cash. basedrida initiative is on the recognition that our countries share responsibility for combating the transnational criminal networks and protecting our citizens from the crime, corruption, and violence they generate. the four pillars that the united states and mexico agreed to in 2010 and president obama and nieto remain our flexible construct. we are accelerating our efforts to support please, just as institutions and civil society organizations, to expand our border some -- focus beyond security to support trade, and to cooperate in building strong communities was a stint to the influx of crime in mexico. our success is due in large part to the efforts of the mexican people and government. our as
may 2, president obama traveled to mexico to meet with the new president. the president's reaffirmed their commitment to improving the lives of all citizens and working with mutual respect and responsibility across a broad range of issues. president obama emphasized our co-responsibility for the violence associated with the illicit flows of drugs, guns, and cash. basedrida initiative is on the recognition that our countries share responsibility for combating the transnational criminal networks...
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i derive no pleasure in saying this nor am i seeking to score political points. i have sought to work with president obama on syria that every term and to encourage development of a broader strategy for this growing problem. him for exactly that purpose and i'm grateful for that opportunity. i work with my colleagues on the senate foreign relations committee to pass on a bipartisan basis the authority group saw.e that the i'm not an expert on sea area or chemical weapons but i do understand power and the use of power. onederstand war and advantage of my old age is the it that it offers. let's recall that this russian initiative rose as they appealed military the proposed strikes in syria calling into threatn how credible the of force really is. it's hard to maintain that the administration entered into this agreement from a position of strength. 's sinceritys assad t and president clinton himself syriannsists that the opposition was responsible for the august 21 attack and that is why enforcement is so critical. they are claiming that the threat of force or mains
i derive no pleasure in saying this nor am i seeking to score political points. i have sought to work with president obama on syria that every term and to encourage development of a broader strategy for this growing problem. him for exactly that purpose and i'm grateful for that opportunity. i work with my colleagues on the senate foreign relations committee to pass on a bipartisan basis the authority group saw.e that the i'm not an expert on sea area or chemical weapons but i do understand...
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politically i don't that was visible. imagine in the spring of always doing some massive housing bailout. on the hill and there are people who can speak for themselves, the idea of a massive bailout was told in fear and the tea party sentiments they came out after which would've ended just as well. one could imagine doing that and that would address the underlying problem. totally unfair but you can imagine doing it. in 2009, january, they could have done it. they had car. basically in the end of the didn't use much hard. there's a sense in which the new administration was prudent at a time when in retrospect they probably had been imprudent. it probably could've gotten away with it spent what do you think, trying to? >> i was just thinking, if we thought about one sector where there was evidence of overseeing it would be housing. most of the real economy by the way does not show any evidence of overheating. up to the spring of 2008. one exception is housing with 2.2 million starts, the average was 1.5. it look like somet
politically i don't that was visible. imagine in the spring of always doing some massive housing bailout. on the hill and there are people who can speak for themselves, the idea of a massive bailout was told in fear and the tea party sentiments they came out after which would've ended just as well. one could imagine doing that and that would address the underlying problem. totally unfair but you can imagine doing it. in 2009, january, they could have done it. they had car. basically in the end...
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they are choosing which to keep open and which to close, further proof that they are playing politics. this bill today would end these type of political games and further, mr. speaker, -- 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: as chairman of the house natural resources committee that has jurisdiction of our national parks, we have started investigation into why this administration did these precise actions, and with that, i thank the gentleman for yielding and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from idaho reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr. speaker, how much do we have on either side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia has 10 minutes, the gentleman from idaho has 10 3/4. mr. moran: i yield a minute and and a half to the ranking member of the appropriations committee, mrs. lowey. mrs. lowey: i rise in opposition to the republican shutdown, of course we support funding for our national parks, but the hues has not had that opportunity-- but the
they are choosing which to keep open and which to close, further proof that they are playing politics. this bill today would end these type of political games and further, mr. speaker, -- 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: as chairman of the house natural resources committee that has jurisdiction of our national parks, we have started investigation into why this administration did these precise actions, and with that, i thank the gentleman for...
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administration a political reason to release deportable aliens. surely otherle budgetary considerations could have come first such as cutting conferences or detailees or travel. releasing illegal immigrants ves them little incentive to report themselves. many will become fugitives. further more, the director has indicated that i.c.e. has had to reapprehend four out of the 10 of the illegal immigrant for more severe crimes. to make matters worse, many of these individuals released lack the money, family, support, and the ability to get a job. not just because they are present in violation of the law but because they have a criminal record. this is a ultimately, the nonsensical action demonstrates the inability and a lack of desire on behalf of the administration to enforce the law, even against illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes. to make matters worse, they undermine the goodwill necessary to develop a common sense, step- by-step approach to improving our immigration laws. pleasureime, it is my to recognize the ranking member of the com
administration a political reason to release deportable aliens. surely otherle budgetary considerations could have come first such as cutting conferences or detailees or travel. releasing illegal immigrants ves them little incentive to report themselves. many will become fugitives. further more, the director has indicated that i.c.e. has had to reapprehend four out of the 10 of the illegal immigrant for more severe crimes. to make matters worse, many of these individuals released lack the...
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obama care, h.h.s., squandered $8 billion on programs made out of thin air and got hammered on. back to the issue here. is it fair to demand that businesses -- that workers and their families have a government mandate when we have given a reprieve for businesses? >> thank you, mr. chairman. it strikes me that the issue here is basically not about the delay. because the businesses asked for the delay, and the government gave it to them. that's off the table. the real urpe issue here is whether you want obama care or not. now you're going to do it, and you're going to have any kind of mandate. now, from the very start, everybody has understood that for a system to work, you have to have everybody in. justice scalia, in his oral questioning on this case in the supreme court shrks when talking about the mandatory coverage provision said, my approach could be, say if you take the heart out of the statute, the shat statute is gone. there's going to be a deficit used to be made up by mandatory coverage provisions. all that money has to come from somewhere. so you just are put to a choi
obama care, h.h.s., squandered $8 billion on programs made out of thin air and got hammered on. back to the issue here. is it fair to demand that businesses -- that workers and their families have a government mandate when we have given a reprieve for businesses? >> thank you, mr. chairman. it strikes me that the issue here is basically not about the delay. because the businesses asked for the delay, and the government gave it to them. that's off the table. the real urpe issue here is...
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it's time for president obama to stop playing politics with our parks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, this government shutdown has clearly demonstrated our democracy is not working the way it was designed. unfortunately this is largely due to the oversized influence and obscene amount of money in politics which continues to fuel our distorted political process. and it could get worse. mr. kildee: today the supreme court is hearing arguments in the mccutchen case, the second coming of citizens united. this case could open the door to even more money flooding our political process. money in politics has paralyzed washington and has paralyzed my republican colleagues' will to compromise. they'd be more apt to compromise if they weren't absolutely petrified of the koch brothers spendin
it's time for president obama to stop playing politics with our parks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, this government shutdown has clearly demonstrated our democracy is not working the way it was designed....
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i think we have seen with the policies obama and a lot of things bush did, it is reflecting the political reality. the question for us in this room and for us as americans, is to say, it is kind of bleak to think the united states will have to operate drones and have shady partnerships in places like yemen. it is hard work. it is costly. it does not necessarily conform with how we like to idealize ourselves as a nation. would we be willing to accept a certain inevitability, as i think europeans, that there will be terrorist attacks from time to time and it is not the end of the world. this side what i think janet napolitano when she was head of the department of homeland security talked about the idea of resilience. i'm not saying that we should accept that as a reality but it is something that will come up. on the one hand, everyone says would you accept another mass terrorist attack? of course not everyone wants to accept that. what if that means not having a powerful n.s.a. and drone wars, things that we're beginning to see some people saying they don't want either. i think that the si
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his is the result of a massive political shift. barack obama is the first democratic psident to support same-sex marriage. he is also the last democratic president to oppose same-sex marriage. that will never happen again. republicans are painfully and grudgingly beginning to do likewise. so, the book that sherif girgis has written is an important book. it is clear, tightly reasoned. it is a philosophical argument -- it is fun to read. now, there are so people who have argued against same-sex marriage because of the purported baleful consequences, a terrible effect on heterosexual families. these claims are parasitic on deeper philosophical claims. i will focus on the deeper philosophical claims. the central claim is that, the work he is offering comes out of the new natural law theory that has been held for some decades. robert george of princeton, on of the co-authors of the book -- they argue there are some universal human goods. cross culturally universal goods. life, health, knowledge, friendship. i agree with them about this.
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it was being used as a political tool to make other political arguments. people were very frustrated about that. the republican party took the brunt of the blame for that. nobody came out of the debt ceiling debate looking good. obama's ratings went down. the republican party's ratings went down much more. that is when we started to see wider opening in the gap of perceptions -- the republican party has not overcome that image now. we are going into a similar debate from the public perspective now, playing a similar strategy, and it is probably not going to work terribly well for them if they do not shifted a little bit. >> right here. >> how do you factor into your polls what political campaign workers would call ground game? when they say obama outperformed his polls, do you have to attribute some of that to get out the vote efforts? do you try to factor that in before? how you deal with that -- esbesides watching every county courthouse and people coming out with early voting? >> is one of the challenges for polling. campaigns of using technology to tar
it was being used as a political tool to make other political arguments. people were very frustrated about that. the republican party took the brunt of the blame for that. nobody came out of the debt ceiling debate looking good. obama's ratings went down. the republican party's ratings went down much more. that is when we started to see wider opening in the gap of perceptions -- the republican party has not overcome that image now. we are going into a similar debate from the public perspective...
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the obama administration decided not to offer that to egypt early on and i think that was a mistake. that would have been something very positive for egypt to work toward and i hope in the future that might be back on the table if conditions change. >> if i could respond to the question. i find myself being in the position of the debbie downer on this panel but so be it. the quick answer to your question is no. within the u.s. government they are not the kinds of incentives to provide serious economic relief to egypt. regardless of what type of regime is in control the u.s. enjoyed friendly relationships with mubarak at the structural investment programs didn't go very far. they weren't helpful for the kind of egyptians you are working with. and i don't think we are going to see a free trade agreement. that didn't happen under the bush administration and research from mike luck david explained to me very plainly. he said if you look around the region the u.s. signs free trade agreements with countries with which it does not trade. so that is when you are going to get a free trade agr
the obama administration decided not to offer that to egypt early on and i think that was a mistake. that would have been something very positive for egypt to work toward and i hope in the future that might be back on the table if conditions change. >> if i could respond to the question. i find myself being in the position of the debbie downer on this panel but so be it. the quick answer to your question is no. within the u.s. government they are not the kinds of incentives to provide...
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. -- look through a political prism. some people think if obama is for it, then i have to be against it. it before.as for everybody, tond his great credit my republican predecessor, president bush, was for reform. a profile -- he proposed reform like this 10 years ago. the senate bill that just passed had a dozen republican votes. that i amem forget not running for office again. michelle does not forget. you don't have to worry about this being good for me. it is good for the country. it is the right thing to do for the american people. ultimately, good policy is good politics. look at the polls right now. the american people support immigration reform. by a clear majority. everybody wins if we get this done. there is no reason we should not get immigration reform done right now. none. if there is a good reason i have not heard. if there is a better plan out there than the one democrats and republicans have a danced if there are additional ideas it would make it even better, i am willing to listen to new ideas. my door i
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will they continue to push their repeal of the health law and will it do damage to president obama politically? guest: this is the question. right now, you have a lot of democrats thinking to themselves, has this rollout just been a bump in the road? when we get to the summer and the fall, is that going to be a real blip? or is that something cemented in the public's mind as a failure? it has been picking up as the deadline near and the problems are largely in the past. itthe election draws closer, will be seen as a conditional success but not a failure. host: we will put the numbers on the screen. rebecca sinderbrand is joining us, white house deputy editor of politico. we will get to those as soon as we can. one of the issues that has been coming up is immigration. the immigration reform. is that going to be an issue in 2014? guest: everyone is watching to see what john boehner will do. ofhas hired an aide john mccain. we have seen the white house holding back a bit of their criticism. a lot of people interested in what they heard at the president's press conference. nod toheard him make a t
will they continue to push their repeal of the health law and will it do damage to president obama politically? guest: this is the question. right now, you have a lot of democrats thinking to themselves, has this rollout just been a bump in the road? when we get to the summer and the fall, is that going to be a real blip? or is that something cemented in the public's mind as a failure? it has been picking up as the deadline near and the problems are largely in the past. itthe election draws...
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administration said, we think we're winning politically. we don't -- i'm paraphrasing, but we don't care when the shutdown ends. that's a paraphrase that's not exact, but that was certainly the thrust of the statement from what was described as a senior administration official. i think that's cynical, i think that's partisan. i don't think that's what we should be doing. so i wish the majority leader and the democrats would accede to what should be shared by partisan priorities, but it appears right now that they are not, that their position is give us everything, fully fund obamacare and force it on the american people. that i cannot consent to, and so i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. is there objection to the original request? mr. reid: mr. president, still reserving my right to object. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: mr. president, my friend from texas -- and i have developed a relationship with him -- talks about a meeting that he didn't attend, the senator from texas did not attend. i was t
administration said, we think we're winning politically. we don't -- i'm paraphrasing, but we don't care when the shutdown ends. that's a paraphrase that's not exact, but that was certainly the thrust of the statement from what was described as a senior administration official. i think that's cynical, i think that's partisan. i don't think that's what we should be doing. so i wish the majority leader and the democrats would accede to what should be shared by partisan priorities, but it appears...
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obama administration said we have only one president at a time. i got in trouble i said that overestimated number of presidents we had in december. we lost an opportunity. i honestly believe that i hope political scientists will study this. this is the first case there was negative impact of a transition since the new deal. >> i would say one thing though in all seriousness. i think george bush was a great president during this period and the way he, he dealt with me. the fact that he didn't worry about public sentiment. he was determined to do what was right. and i do think that we had, we could spend a lot of time talking about housing finance. it was one of my regrets i wasn't able to cop up with a way to limit the amount of foreclosures although i do think the fannie and freddie action we took did more than anything else that was done. i regret that it eluded the obama administration also. i think the level, as i look back at it now, despite some of the angst i felt during that transition, as i look back at it now, the policy continuity was ex
obama administration said we have only one president at a time. i got in trouble i said that overestimated number of presidents we had in december. we lost an opportunity. i honestly believe that i hope political scientists will study this. this is the first case there was negative impact of a transition since the new deal. >> i would say one thing though in all seriousness. i think george bush was a great president during this period and the way he, he dealt with me. the fact that he...
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bush and barack obama. dr. elizabeth o'bagy is a research analyst at the institute of the study of war where she studies syrian politics and security. she is also involved in humanitarian work as the political director of the syrian emergency task force. her major reports on the syrian opposition include, the free syrian army, jihad and syria, and syria's political opposition. she is widely acknowledged as an expert on the syrian armed opposition and has done extensive fieldwork. as the u.s. president and the public agonizing over what is to be done and its impact of united states, elizabeth will bring what you needed focus on the alternatives that exist. finally, faysal itani is a fellow with the rafik hariri center. he is a relatively new and very welcome addition to the center. faysal is a middle east analyst whose focus is transition in the arab world with an emphasis -- before working on the council, he worked as a risk analysis analyst advising international organizations on political, economic and securi
bush and barack obama. dr. elizabeth o'bagy is a research analyst at the institute of the study of war where she studies syrian politics and security. she is also involved in humanitarian work as the political director of the syrian emergency task force. her major reports on the syrian opposition include, the free syrian army, jihad and syria, and syria's political opposition. she is widely acknowledged as an expert on the syrian armed opposition and has done extensive fieldwork. as the u.s....
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achieve his number one political goal in his second term? we are barely six months into president obama's second term, and why i can't begin to understand are we tripping over ourselves to make sure that we have even more competition for the low-skilled workers who are having trouble even finding jobs and even finding wage and benefit packages? we can do so much better than that, mr. speaker. i know we can. that's why we have to focus on border security, because border security is what the american people are asking of us, because it's america first, america jobs first, america wages first and american benefits first. . i'd also like to talk about other people who are looking for help and relief and that's senior citizens. senior citizens tend to live in a fixed income and they're nervous. they're nervous that their money isn't going to be worth what it was. and they should be. because, you see, when, as i said, this is the fiction that e were all told, that at $16 trillion, which is our debt and of course it isn't, it's well over $17 trilli
achieve his number one political goal in his second term? we are barely six months into president obama's second term, and why i can't begin to understand are we tripping over ourselves to make sure that we have even more competition for the low-skilled workers who are having trouble even finding jobs and even finding wage and benefit packages? we can do so much better than that, mr. speaker. i know we can. that's why we have to focus on border security, because border security is what the...
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cabinet affairs for the obama administration. he was the executive director of the obama 2008 organization. he is working closely with us on partnership efforts on new political appointees. we also have josh bolten sitting here, who ran the very best ever transition out for and in ministration amongst many other remarkable achievements. terrific to have him here. the johnson not only ran bush transition coming in, but is a true expert in the history of transitions. that is a good adjective. he is someone that we got to work with closely in the bush administration and was one of the true stars among the management in the bush administration. he ran thes department of security first transition ever. scholar onis a the issue of transitions and on the subject of the white house generally. nationalhe head of the academy of public administration. this is a fantastic organization and a great ally. the work is done by boston consulting group. peter is here. here.are folks from bcg they have helped us in a number of ways that i will yet b
cabinet affairs for the obama administration. he was the executive director of the obama 2008 organization. he is working closely with us on partnership efforts on new political appointees. we also have josh bolten sitting here, who ran the very best ever transition out for and in ministration amongst many other remarkable achievements. terrific to have him here. the johnson not only ran bush transition coming in, but is a true expert in the history of transitions. that is a good adjective. he...
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i store is not possible in any other country in the world premiere of like to thank president obama for the faith he is shown in me. i assure that committee that i do not take it lightly. we cannot ask for a more dedicated and gracious champion. his examples one have followed and will follow every day. i would like to recognize my family. i was adopted at 4 months old and the most loving of families. while my parents could not be with us today, i must acknowledge it is because of their guidance and strength that i have achieved anything in my time on the planet. like to introduce my beautiful wife. she serves as a model inspiration every day and her willingness to embark on this adventure on behalf of the country move both of your love ventures we will do the best job we cannot behalf of the american people. if confirmed, it would be my honor to serve as ambassador to the republic of singapore. it is a region that president obama has made clear is a priority for our future. few countries surpass singapore as a partner and friend to the united states. singapore is eager to have processes
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would place an ad on television attacking president obama's daughters. [applause] even in this, at times outrageous business of politics which we're all engaged, we must have the sense to not attack the families and children of those of us engaged in public service. the nra has struck an incredibly new low in public discourse and that ad should be removed immediately. it has -- [applause] that ad has no place in the legitimate dialogue that must take place in order to make this country safer for all of us, especially our children. thank you madame leader. >> thank you mayor for your powerful testimony. miss nottingham your son, personified what so many people choose to do, we're happy that you are here to share your thoughts with us. welcome. >> thank you for having me. it's fitting that we're holding this meeting near the gabe zimmerman room. gabe was my son and he worked with your colleague, congresswoman gabby giffords. a man armed with high-capacity magazines and a semi automatic weapon shot the congresswoman then turned on the people who ran to see
would place an ad on television attacking president obama's daughters. [applause] even in this, at times outrageous business of politics which we're all engaged, we must have the sense to not attack the families and children of those of us engaged in public service. the nra has struck an incredibly new low in public discourse and that ad should be removed immediately. it has -- [applause] that ad has no place in the legitimate dialogue that must take place in order to make this country safer...
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. >> but we are doing it now because of politics. >> frankly we are doing it now because obama did not do it the first year he was president wiki said he was going to. this is not -- like he said he was going to. this is not about a partisan argument. publicans need to be for this because it is good policy. democrats need to be good for the state -- before this because it is good policy. it could've come up in the last four years, and it did not. alec has come up. i think we'll see a lot of bipartisan support. the reason is not good politics. reagan used to say at the end of the day good policy is good politics. if you have good policy, you do what is right, you get good results. the new get good results, you get reelected. that is the reason we ought to be doing it. >> why are we doing it? >> i would say both parties feel toeed for political reasons forge a consensus on good policy. there's nothing wrong with that. republicans -- i would say the canary in the coal mine politically would be asian- americans -- if you were a pollster from gallup, you do not have a lot of knowledge of am
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caller: i think that this is a political move on the part of the obama administration. obama has been probably the most suppressive and most anti-libertarian president this country has had since woodrow wilson. and what is going on with this --e by eric holder is this theck obama wants to divide libertarian wing of the republican party, led by rand paul, from the authoritarian gop establishment. and i predict within the year that obama and holder will call for the total legalization of marijuana. up a vast part of the democratic party constituency, which no secret, many of him are pot smokers or x pot smokers. and two, to simply divide the is a way to lay the groundwork for the 2014 and 2016 selections. this is what is going on right now. host: >> in march democrat and rand paul on a proposal to allow judges greater flexibility in some case that is would be subject to man tori minimum prison sentences. >> what do you think? caller: i think it's interesting that they've come along on this because they have been with the authoritarian wing of the republican party. and i o
caller: i think that this is a political move on the part of the obama administration. obama has been probably the most suppressive and most anti-libertarian president this country has had since woodrow wilson. and what is going on with this --e by eric holder is this theck obama wants to divide libertarian wing of the republican party, led by rand paul, from the authoritarian gop establishment. and i predict within the year that obama and holder will call for the total legalization of...
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president obama said it was inexcusable. americans are right to be a great about it. i am angry about it. given the power that the irs has in all of our lives, it should not matter what political stripe you are from. the aclu said that even the apparent appearance of way politics is as troubling as it gets. there must be cleared checks and place to prevent this from ever happening again. mr. george, we promise or commit to us that you will make it a high priority to make sure that something like this never happens again? >> will make a commitment to internalrk with the revenue service and others involved to establish procedures to help identify and deploy -- and avoid this from occurring. i cannot control what happens inside of the irs. 2012, you22 of testified before congress at the ways and means hearing. that has been covered several times. an irs review was completed a month later. you said that when he met with mr. miller, you are assured that this activity had stopped. so, you took no further action. withou ever discuss this anyone at the department of treasury?
president obama said it was inexcusable. americans are right to be a great about it. i am angry about it. given the power that the irs has in all of our lives, it should not matter what political stripe you are from. the aclu said that even the apparent appearance of way politics is as troubling as it gets. there must be cleared checks and place to prevent this from ever happening again. mr. george, we promise or commit to us that you will make it a high priority to make sure that something...
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everything is looked through a political prism. let's be honest. some folks automatically think if obama is for it, then i've got to be against it. even if i was before that, i was for it. but i want to refined everybody, to his great credit, my republican predecessor, president bush, was for reform. i was in the senate, i joined 23 senate republicans back in supporting reform. it's worth remembering that the senate bill that just passed one won more than a dozen republican votes. some even forget, i'm not running for office again. michelle doesn't forget. 1 so you don't have to worry about this somehow being good for me. this is good for the country. it's the right thing to do for the american people. and i believe ultimately, not only in the short term, but ultimately, good policy is good politics. look at the polls right now. the american people support immigration reform. by a clear majority. everybody wins if we get this done. but there's no reason we shouldn't get immigration reform done right now. if there is a good reason, i haven't heard i
everything is looked through a political prism. let's be honest. some folks automatically think if obama is for it, then i've got to be against it. even if i was before that, i was for it. but i want to refined everybody, to his great credit, my republican predecessor, president bush, was for reform. i was in the senate, i joined 23 senate republicans back in supporting reform. it's worth remembering that the senate bill that just passed one won more than a dozen republican votes. some even...
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as i said, both political parties. now, i we had a situation happen in the house lately. i mentioned the docket bill -- well, not a bill, something president obama did a little over a year ago, i think? >> last august. >> pardon? >> last august. >> last august, deferred action for childhood arrivals policy, and that takes -- that says to the dreamers, those that fall under your bill, the dreamers, that they can get kind of a -- correct me if i'm wrong, a provisional status, a work permit, a work thing, where that if they can show that they came as a young dreamer, that they are going to school. they don't have a criminal record, they get a work permit, and they will not be kicked out of the country. they will not face what you talked about, the specker of getting kicked out of the country if you're picked up in the back of the car for speeding or anything like that. that has been a great policy. that's only been in existence since last year. we applauded the president for doing that, and i thought we all supported it. just a week ago, there was an amendment in the house o
as i said, both political parties. now, i we had a situation happen in the house lately. i mentioned the docket bill -- well, not a bill, something president obama did a little over a year ago, i think? >> last august. >> pardon? >> last august. >> last august, deferred action for childhood arrivals policy, and that takes -- that says to the dreamers, those that fall under your bill, the dreamers, that they can get kind of a -- correct me if i'm wrong, a provisional...
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this is the result of a massive political shift. barack obama is the first democratic president to support same-sex marriage. he is also the last democratic president to oppose same-sex marriage. that will never happen again. republicans are painfully and grudgingly beginning to do likewise. so, the book that sherif girgis has written is an important book. it is clear, tightly reasoned. it is a philosophical argument -- it is fun to read. now, there are some people who have argued against same-sex marriage because of the purported baleful consequences, a terrible effect on heterosexual families. these claims are parasitic on deeper philosophical claims. i will focus on the deeper philosophical claims. the central claim is that, the work he is offering comes out of the new natural law theory that has been held for some decades. robert george of princeton, one of the co-authors of the book -- they argue there are some universal human goods. cross culturally universal goods. life, health, knowledge, friendship. i agree with them about
this is the result of a massive political shift. barack obama is the first democratic president to support same-sex marriage. he is also the last democratic president to oppose same-sex marriage. that will never happen again. republicans are painfully and grudgingly beginning to do likewise. so, the book that sherif girgis has written is an important book. it is clear, tightly reasoned. it is a philosophical argument -- it is fun to read. now, there are some people who have argued against...
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it is my experience the obama administration always tries to over fund the student program, the student loan program is a way to funnel money from people who have a from people who don't and i will take my answer off the air. >> guest: thank you. i am a political appointee but igs are appointed without regard to political persuasion and we do not change administrations so there are many igs who have been appointed by the clinton administration and bush administration who are still here. igs are somewhat unique from government-backed -- but as far as the issues that the caller brought forward ages dispense based on expected family contribution at least from the students at a certain age. i think in graduate school it becomes a different analysis. post gained. >> host: . >> host: kathleen tighe's talking about student fraud and other issues. there's number if you want to call inspector general if you have any questions about this topic or others. what is the number? >> guest: 1-800-misused. >> host: kathleen tighe thank you. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> th
it is my experience the obama administration always tries to over fund the student program, the student loan program is a way to funnel money from people who have a from people who don't and i will take my answer off the air. >> guest: thank you. i am a political appointee but igs are appointed without regard to political persuasion and we do not change administrations so there are many igs who have been appointed by the clinton administration and bush administration who are still here....
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his political courage have impressed us all. he has stood up for what he believes is best for the united states. time and again he has chosen to take a path of standing up for our nation rather than a path of clinical expedients. he has supported the pillars of a strong military, robust ownership, a commitment to the security of israel as a friend and ally, a determination to stop the proliferation of new layer weapons, the defense of human rights as a core principle of america's role in the world. we urge speedy confirmation of chuck hagel. this is next down being -- this is an outstanding patriot. if confirmed, senator hagel will be the first former enlisted man in the first veteran of the vietnam war to serve as secretary of defense. his background gives a senator hagel and invaluable respective but only with respect to the difficult decisions and recommendations that a secretary of defense must make regarding the use of force and a commitment of u.s. troops overseas, but also with respect to the day to day decisions a secret
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it was being used as a political tool to make other political arguments. people were very frustrated about that. the republican party took the brunt of the blame for that. nobody came out of the debt ceiling debate looking good. obama's ratings went down. the republican party's ratings went down much more. that is when we started to see wider opening in the gap of perceptions -- the republican party has not overcome that image now. we are going into a similar debate from the public perspective now, playing a similar strategy, and it is probably not going to work terribly well for them if they do not shifted a little bit. >> right here. >> how do you factor into your polls what political campaign workers would call ground game? when they say obama outperformed his polls, do you have to attribute some of that to get out the vote efforts? do you try to factor that in before? how you deal with that -- besides watching every county courthouse and people coming out with early voting? >> is one of the challenges for polling. campaigns are using technology to targ
it was being used as a political tool to make other political arguments. people were very frustrated about that. the republican party took the brunt of the blame for that. nobody came out of the debt ceiling debate looking good. obama's ratings went down. the republican party's ratings went down much more. that is when we started to see wider opening in the gap of perceptions -- the republican party has not overcome that image now. we are going into a similar debate from the public perspective...
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would place an ad on television attacking president obama's daughters. [applause] even in this, at times outrageous business of politics which we're all engaged, we must have the sense to not attack the families and children of those of us engaged in public service. the n.r.a. has struck an incredibly new low in public discourse and that ad should be removed immediately. it has -- [applause] that ad has no place in the legitimate dialogue that must take place in order to make this country safer for all of us, especially our children. thank you madame leader. >> thank you mayor for your powerful testimony. miss nottingham your son, personified what so many people choose to do, we're happy that you are here to share your thoughts with us. welcome. >> thank you for having me. it's fitting that we're holding this meeting near the gabe zimmerman room. gabe was my son and he worked with your colleague, congresswoman gabby giffords. a man armed with high-capacity magazines and a semi automatic weapon shot the congresswoman then turned on the people who ran to s
would place an ad on television attacking president obama's daughters. [applause] even in this, at times outrageous business of politics which we're all engaged, we must have the sense to not attack the families and children of those of us engaged in public service. the n.r.a. has struck an incredibly new low in public discourse and that ad should be removed immediately. it has -- [applause] that ad has no place in the legitimate dialogue that must take place in order to make this country safer...
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president obama announced he would suspend plans u.s. military exercises with the egyptian military in comments made on martha's vineyard. here is the headline. they say it shows the limits of u.s. sway, writing a rebuke underscored the limits of u.s. influence with the nation's generals, who benefit 1.3 billion dollars a year in military aid. in addition to canceling the high-profile military exercise scheduled to begin next month, obama said his national security team will consider further steps as necessary, a comment that puts military aid in question. we will show you the president's comments next from martha's vineyard and then back to your comments and calls. >> good morning, everybody. i just finished a discussion with my national security team about the situation in egypt. i wanted to provide an up eight. -- an update. let me get by stepping back. the relationship between the united states and egypt goes back decades. it's rooted in our respect of egypt as a nation, ancient center of civilization, and cornerstone for peace in th
president obama announced he would suspend plans u.s. military exercises with the egyptian military in comments made on martha's vineyard. here is the headline. they say it shows the limits of u.s. sway, writing a rebuke underscored the limits of u.s. influence with the nation's generals, who benefit 1.3 billion dollars a year in military aid. in addition to canceling the high-profile military exercise scheduled to begin next month, obama said his national security team will consider further...
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obama and bill clinton join health care law. they expend intricacies of the affordable care act to urge americans to set politics aside and assess whether the health lot is a good deal. party has made a litany test for party loyalty. they try to tell people to get health care for less than the cost of your cell phone bill. by the way, we covered that speech. we will air it for you on c-span at around 11:40 p.m. eastern. it is an hour-long discussion at .hat point in global initiative president obama and the iranian president might have had some sort of meeting that did not just before the iranians both before the general somebody. president the iranian residen before the general assembly. u.s. officials say president obama and the iranian president rouhani will not meet while both leaders are at the united nations. "toosaid it would be complicated" back in iran. looking ahead, here is a quote from the los angeles times. iran posing the president tells -- his. that he is government is ready for "result- oriented" talks with the u
obama and bill clinton join health care law. they expend intricacies of the affordable care act to urge americans to set politics aside and assess whether the health lot is a good deal. party has made a litany test for party loyalty. they try to tell people to get health care for less than the cost of your cell phone bill. by the way, we covered that speech. we will air it for you on c-span at around 11:40 p.m. eastern. it is an hour-long discussion at .hat point in global initiative president...
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and again i would ask a no vote for this only political vote. this is the second year in a row that we've had this. again, i find this very, very offensive that anyone in this house believes that we are not funding this to the full extent of what is asked for and what is required for our veterans who have served this country so well. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> first of all, i want to commend chairman latham for including the $75 million in the base bill. mr. pastor: and as he said, that will deal with 10,000 eterans who are homeless and i commend him and president obama for honoring their commitment to service to the veterans. now, to speak about amendments having political motives or having political connotations, several amendments ago i think we did cdbg and i'm sure it had few political connotations. but tha
and again i would ask a no vote for this only political vote. this is the second year in a row that we've had this. again, i find this very, very offensive that anyone in this house believes that we are not funding this to the full extent of what is asked for and what is required for our veterans who have served this country so well. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek...
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speaking of writing history, when pundits said barack obama and joe biden couldn't win in iowa. they couldn't win in the first place and couldn't win the re-election. you didn't let karl rove write the book about politics, you wrote your own chapter, you sent him back to the white house. while we're on the topic of election -- we didn't say one thing -- i know bruce is going to be facing and what you're going be saying on tv, we can't continue with a system where one billionaire can write a $ $10 million check and change the course of an election. bruce knows better than anyone in this room, that shouldn't happen in the united states, that shouldn't happen in a democracy. citizens united was wrong, how do we fix it? how do we fix it? well, the first thing we need to do is to pass a disclose act so we know who the donors are and who are writing the checks. i think you know that's not enough. it's by passing a constitutional amendment to overturn that case. that is how we really change it. that is how we send the real message. everyone in this country that our democracy, our state
speaking of writing history, when pundits said barack obama and joe biden couldn't win in iowa. they couldn't win in the first place and couldn't win the re-election. you didn't let karl rove write the book about politics, you wrote your own chapter, you sent him back to the white house. while we're on the topic of election -- we didn't say one thing -- i know bruce is going to be facing and what you're going be saying on tv, we can't continue with a system where one billionaire can write a $...
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to them politically. rather than come out and tell sympathetic stories about what is happening at nih, let's work together to mitigate some of the hardship and inconvenience. let's talk about working through this impasse. why can't we get the president to do what he apparently intended to do in the first place, and been a meeting at the white house of republicans and democrats to work through this? they are not refusing to make the compromises. -- they refusing refusing any compromise. my way or the highway. it will not agree to keep war memorials over for honor flights. i would urge the majority leader and president, to join with us in passing a bill today that will keep our war memorials (my father -- memorials open. my father was a pilot in world war ii. on his 26 bombing mission, he was shot down and captured as a prisoner of war. my father-in-law landed on utah beach in normandy. he is 95 years old now. his mind is still sharp. his body is not quite what it used to be. he would love nothing better th
to them politically. rather than come out and tell sympathetic stories about what is happening at nih, let's work together to mitigate some of the hardship and inconvenience. let's talk about working through this impasse. why can't we get the president to do what he apparently intended to do in the first place, and been a meeting at the white house of republicans and democrats to work through this? they are not refusing to make the compromises. -- they refusing refusing any compromise. my way...